Improvement in apparatus for clearing fire-chambers



G. R. MOORE.

Apparatus'for Cleaning Fire Chambers;

Patented March-29, 1864.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE R. MOORE, OF LYONS, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR CLEARING FIRE-CHAMBERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 42,102, dated March 29,1864.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEO. It. MOORE, of Lyons, in the county of Clintonand State of of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fireand Fuel Separating Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that thet'oliowingisafull and exact description thereof, reference being had 'tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

The nature of my invention consists in placing a clamp or shovel, orboth combined, as in the description following, in such connection withthe fire-chambers of stoves and heating apparatus as to be convenientlyused for the purpose of sh ntting off and retaining the main part of thefire and unburned fuel in the fire-chamber and keeping it up in the samewhile the grate is turned or dropped below and emptied of ashes andcinder, thus avoiding the necessity of allowing the fire to go down whendesiring to empty the grate of its refuse from the combustion of thefuel. The

accompanying drawings will show how this is done.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fire chamber on feet f ff, andhaving a revolving grate, g, with a lug upon it, u, and a draw-lever, I.

Fig. 2 shows the interior of the fire-chamher, one of the sides beingremoved and the burning fuel in a fit state to be separated. i

In this drawing, the clamp C and shovel S are in their naturalcondition, forming most of one side of the firechamber, and hung bypoints or journals at 6 and a, to be operated by the hand-lever or pokerh, which is about the same as a common fire-poker, with catches 2' uponit-one to hold it in the socket 0 and the other to catch upon the frontpart of thetirebox to hold the shovel and clamp back (when the fuel isseparated) while emptying the grate.

Fig. 3, compared with Fig. 2, shows the movement of the shovel and clampin separating the fuel.

The lever his an iron rod, to be used, as already shown, for a portablehandle to the shovel and clamp, and may also very well be u ed for apoker besides.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The clamp C, operating in combination with the fire chamber of astove or heater, sub-' stantially as above set forth.

2. The shovel S, connected and operating together with the clamp O, incombination with the fire-chamber of a stove, substantially as above setforth.

GEO. R. MOORE.

Witnesses:

W. M. EVANS, W. O. WARNER.

